While the earthquake off the southern California coast occurred in an area thought to be capable of generating a tsunami, the earthquake near Palm Springs occurred on a portion of the southern San Andreas Fault system that has been designated a seismic gap, and is a likely location for a very large earthquake.
Taken together with past studies, there is a strong indication that the northward distributional shift along the Portuguese coast occurred very recently, probably within the last decade.
Mycetophylax simplex is a small fungus-growing ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) endemic to sand dune environments along the Brazilian coast, occurring from the southern São Paulo State to Rio Grande do Sul [ 22, 23].
The peak in cases on the north coast occurred from August to September 2009, but cases continued to be reported from these areas, at a much reduced level, for nearly 2 years after the initial outbreak, resulting in nearly 4,000 cases.
According to data from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) trawl survey, spiny dogfish exhibit a general north-south migration pattern along the U.S. Atlantic coast, occurring in North Carolina and Virginia waters south to Cape Hatteras during the winter and spring, and moving north to the Gulf of Maine and Canadian waters in the summer and fall (Stehlik, 2007).
This phenomenon, which is observed on the Peruvian and northern Chilean coasts, occurs at less than 50 m depth [436] [438] and strongly influences the distribution and diversity of benthic marine species [439].
The disappearance of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley from this Phoenix suburb on Oct. 11 has, in some ways, stuck to the script of what occurs coast to coast when children cannot be found.
Scientists have long expected sea level rise on the south-east Florida coast to occur faster than the global average, advancing rapidly on barrier islands and beaches.
At the coast, turtles occur near the mouth of the Fraser and a bit further north, as well as the bottom of Vancouver Island, and some other nearby islands.
